Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Nine children injured in two-van collision near Grimes

  Steve Lombardi | July 10, 2009 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One van tried to turn left of center onto S. 11th Street south of Grimes off of Iowa Highway 141. An oncoming van collided with the first van sending two adults and nine children to the hospital....

• Iowa: It’s not always the young who are distracted while driving.

  Steve Lombardi | June 15, 2009 10:43 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In this crash we have two cars entering the same intersection at once. The northbound vehicle has to stop and yield, but doesn’t. It enters the intersection striking the westbound car and is...

• Rural Iowa driveway ditch crossings can be very dangerous

  Steve Lombardi | June 12, 2009 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In this crash a 23-year-old young man was killed in a one-car crash. He was driving a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville northbound on L48 in O’Brien County. The speed limit is 55 mph in this area,...

• Stale medical bills,

  Steve Lombardi | June 10, 2008 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The question has to do with stale medical bills and a delayed billing by the medical service provider. The billing was not originally made and when it was, six years later, it was too late to file...

• Iowa Auto Accidents - Should the car be repaired or totalled?

  Steve Lombardi | May 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Following a wreck the insurance company wants to total the car but the client wants to have it repaired? What should it be repaired or totaled? What will the lawyer need to review in order to answer...

• Farm Equipment Accidents - Road travel by teens

  Steve Lombardi | May 08, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Teach your teens about driving defensively when farm equipment may also be on the roadway. You should know that fall is the time when a greater number of accidents happen. The Iowa State Extension...

• GPS - A marketing plan that destroys good driving habits.

  Steve Lombardi | April 20, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another potential source is driver distraction is the global positioning system or GPS that several manufacturers place in cars as standard equipment. As a person with a brain trained in the law...

• SUDDEN STOPPING - WHO'S TO BLAME?

  Megan Roth | April 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Though legislation varies county-to-county, each state has an established set of vehicle and traffic laws, each of which contains a section or subsection that states: "No person shall stop or...

• Auto Accidents - DOES YOUR iPOD HAVE YOU TUNING OUT?

  Steve Lombardi | April 18, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Researchers have identified strong links between listening to fast-paced music and driving fast and listening to loud music and driving recklessly, both of which correlate with increased accident...

• Cell Phones: University of Utah Applied Cognition Lab

  Steve Lombardi | April 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In today's post the Des Moines Injuryboard blawg provides a one stop source for a better understanding of how cell phone usage increases the risk of an auto accident. If you have a case that...